Khadijah Costley White
KHADIJAH COSTLEY WHITE
Assistant Professor Department of Journalism and Media Studies School of Communication, Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 phone: (215) 272-0814 | email: [email protected] | website: khadijahwhite.com
EDUCATION
2013 PhD Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Dissertation: Raising the Volume: Media and the Rise of the 21st Century Tea Party Fontaine Scholar; Graduate Certificate in Africana Studies 2008 Campaign 2008 Leadership in Communication, Presidential Academic Seminar Series, Denver, CO/St. Paul, MN 2009 MA Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania 2004 BA Swarthmore College Self-designed Major: Social Justice; Minors: Black Studies, Peace & Conflict Studies 2003 NYU in Madrid, Spain
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2014–2015 Post Doctoral Associate, Department of Journalism & Media Studies, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
2015 - present Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
2013 Assistant Teaching Professor, Drexel University
2011–2013 Lecturer, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
2009 Volunteer Lecturer, Thomas Rubino Academy
2007–2008 Media Instructor, PBS/WHYY
FELLOWSHIPS
2020 Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship
2017 AAUW American Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Alternate White, June 2020 | 2
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Annenberg Summer Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
2010 White House Internship: Communications Department–Broadcast Media team
2008 Africana Studies Graduate Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
2008 National Association of Black Journalists and United Nations Fellowship 2007 Fontaine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2007 Institute for Recruitment of Teachers Associate Fellowship
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Grants
2020 $50,000 Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship
2020 $4,000 Research Grant for Individual Faculty Research from School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
2018 $180 Program for Early Career Excellence Mini-Grant, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
2016 $13,000 Research Grant for Family Story/Color of Change Literature Review and Research Proposal, New Venture Fund, Washington, DC
2015 $1,500 Instructional Enhancement Grant, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Awards
2019 Excellence in Research Award, Dept. of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2019 Certificate of Completion – Program for Early Career Excellence, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2016 Maplewood Recognition for Community Service (for SOMA Justice)
2016 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2014 Women’s Achievement Award Nominee, CBS Philly 2014
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2013 Emerging Diversity Scholar Citation, National Center for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan
2012, 2009 Summer Culture: Scholars Program in Culture and Communication, University of Pennsylvania
2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 Fontaine Travel Award, University of Pennsylvania
2012 Women of Color at Penn Award, Honoree, University of Pennsylvania
2011 Fontaine Excellence in Leadership and Academic Service Award, University of Pennsylvania
2006 Emmy nomination, Payment Due, NOW on PBS
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Special Issues
White, K. (2018). Branding right-wing activism: The news media and the Tea Party, Oxford University Press.
Ng, E., White, K., & Saha, A. (co-editors). (2020). #CommunicationSoWhite – Special issue of Communication, Ctulture, and Critique.
Journal Articles
White K. (Accepted). Oceanic Negroes: Communicating Pacific Blackness down, out, and under. International Journal of Communications.
White, K. (;Forthcoming November 2020). “MeToo” is hers: Branding social movements in a digital age. Women’s Studies in Communication (WSIC).
Christian, A., & White, K. (Forthcoming September 2020). Organic representation as cultural reparations. Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.
Ng. E., White, K., & Saha, A. (2020). Race and power in the academy: New interventions in #CommunicationSoWhite. Communication, Culture, and Critique. https://doi.org10.1093/ccc/tcaa011
White, K. (2020). #CommunicationSoWhite – Interview with Oscar Gandy and Herman Gray. Communication, Culture, and Critique. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaa008
White, K. (2018). Herman in theory and practice: Race and power. Media Theory, 2 (2) 117-126. http://journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt/article/view/63/53
White, K. (2016). Black lives on campuses matter: Reflecting on the rise of the new Black student White, June 2020 | 4
movement. Soundings: Journal of Politics and Culture, 63, 86-97. https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/sites/default/files/s63_08white.pdf
White, K. (2015). Belongingness and the Harlem drummers. Urban Geography, 36(3), 340-358.
White, K. (2014). Fade from Black: Black becoming Africana. Journal of Pan African Studies, 6(10). http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol6no10/6.10-15-White.pdf
White, K. (2011). Michelle Obama: Redefining the (White) House-wife. Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Culture, 10(1). https://journals.sfu.ca/thirdspace/index.php/journal/article/viewArticle/white
Book Chapters
White, K. ( Forthcoming 2021). “Tea Party News, Post-Feminism, and a Post-Truth Society. In Institute for Research on Women. Feminist Bookshelf series, Rutgers University Press.
White, K. ( Forthcoming). Soul sisters. In B. Haggins (Ed.), TV memories: Love letters to our television past. Rutgers University Press.
Stanfill, M., White, K., Korn, J., Martin, J., & Gurrie, C. (2018). Climate on campus: Intersectional interventions in contemporary struggles. In D. T. Scott & A. Shaw (Eds.), Interventions: Communication theory and practice (pp. 229-244). Peter Lang.
White, K. (2017). The case of “misguided” “thugs”: Baltimore youth, activism, and news. In L. Steiner & S. Waisbord (Eds.), Race, rage, and the city: Uncovering Baltimore (pp. 159-175). Routledge.
Christian, A. J., & White, K. (2016). One-man Hollywood: The decline of black creative production in post-network television. In In T. M. Russworm, S. N. Sheppard, & K. M. Bowdre (Eds.), From Madea to Mogul: Theorizing Tyler Perry (pp. 138-158). University of Mississippi Press.
White, K. (2012). Considering sound: Language, meaning and the construction of noise. In P. Hegarty, B. Halligan, & M. Goddard (Eds.), Reverberations: Affect, politics, and aesthetics (pp. 233-243). Continuum.
White, K. (2008). “Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!: Robert Moses.” In J. Siceloff & J. Maloney (Eds.), Your America: Democracy’s local heroes (pp. 101-118). Palgrave Macmillan.
Book Reviews
White, K. (2009). Review of Polluted promises: Environmental racism and the search for justice in a Southern town by M. Checker. Transforming Anthropology, 17(2), 169-170.
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Technical Report
White, K. & Renninger, B. (May 17, 2016). Representation of the Black family in mainstream news media: A report for family story and color of change. Final report to national media organizations Family Story and Color of Change.
Public Scholarship and Popular Press Articles (selected)
White, K. and Serravallo, J. (2020, Feb 23) We don’t have to scare kids while we’re trying to keep them safe. Star Ledger. Available at: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2020/02/we-dont-have- to-scare-kids-while-were-trying-to-keep-them-safe-opinion.html
White, K. (2018, July 4). For hope in Trump’s America, I read Sojourner Truth. New York Times. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/opinion/sunday/trump-politics-hope- sojourner-truth.html
White, K. (2018, Dec 16). Black activist and scholar: Discrimination is clear, here’s how police practices could be improved. Star Ledger. Available at: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2018/12/black-activist-and-scholar-discrimination-is-clear- heres-how-police-practices-could-be-improved.html
White K. (2018, February 28). What we all can do about racism, Star Ledger/NJ.com, Available at: https://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/02/black_history_month_how_to_combat_r acism_when_its.html
White, K. (2016, May 25). On Freddie Gray and the America I know. Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2016-05-freddie-gray-america-know
White, K. (2016, March 21). Why you shouldn’t be surprised by Donald Trump’s rise. Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2016-03-shouldnt- surprised-donald-trumps-rise
White, K. (2015, December 29). When will they stop killing us?: On Tamir Rice and being black in America. Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and- politics/details/2015-12-when-will-they-stop-killing-us-on-tamir-rice-and-being-black-in- america
White, K. (2015, November 24). How to talk to your kids about race. Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2015-11-how-to-talk-to-your-kids- about-race
White, K. (2015, June 13). Blackness isn’t something that can be acquired with a little bronzer: On Rachel Dolezal. Quartz. Available at http://qz.com/427519/rachel-dolezal-is-not- transracial
White, K. (2015, June 10). To the black girls in America, survival can be an unspeakable burden. White, June 2020 | 6
Quartz. Available at http://qz.com/422835/to-the-black-girls-in-america-survival-can-be-an- unspeakable-burden
White, K. (2015, June 4). On black women and the demand for their breast milk. Role reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2015-06-on-black- women-and-the-demand-for-their-breast-milk
White, K. (2015, February 25). Racism affects black girls as much as boys, so why are black girls being ignored? The Washington Post. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/02/25/racism-in-schools- affects-black-girls-even-more-than-boys-so-why-dont-they-get-as-much-attention
White, K. (2014, December 4). Obama’s new top cop has a terrible record on police brutality. Quartz. Available at http://qz.com/306208/obamas-new-top-cop-has-a-terrible-record-on- police-brutality
White, K. (2014, October 31). Women of color are upset over the catcalling video—but not why you think. Quartz. Available at http://qz.com/289449/women-of-color-are-upset-over-the- catcalling-video-but-not-why-you-think
White, K. (2014, September 15). Adrian Peterson is not a racial symbol. The Atlantic. Available at http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/adrian-peterson-is-not-a- symbol/380199
White, K. (2014, September 14). James Blake’s arrest wasn’t a mistake—it’s business as usual for America’s racist police force. Quartz. Available at http://qz.com/501640/james-blakes- arrest-wasnt-a-mistake-its-business-as-usual-for-americas-racist-police-force
White, K. (2014, September 11). Refusing to watch the Ray Rice video sends the wrong message to victims of abuse. Quartz. Available at http://qz.com/264064/refusing-to-watch-the-ray-rice-video-sends-the-wrong-message-to- victims-of-abuse
White, K. (2014, April 15). TV is for white folks. Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2014-04-tv-white-folks
White, K. (2014, February 26). Remembering Trayvon: On black life, love, and freedom Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2014-02-remembering- trayvon-on-black-life-love-and-freedom
White, K. (2013, December 5). When black men and white women share space. Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2013-12-when-black- men-and-white-women-share-space
White, K. (2013, June 27). An open letter to Rachel Jeantel. Role Reboot. Available at http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2013-06-a-letter-to-rachel-jeantel- the-prosecutions-key-witn
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White, K. (2012, August 30). Occupy’s lingering legacy. Philadelphia Inquirer. Available at https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20120830_Occupy_s_lingering_legacy. html
White, K. (2012, August 25). Sparkle, the film Tyler Perry can’t seem to make. New Black Man (in Exile). Available at http://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2012/08/sparkle-film-tyler-perry- cant-seem-to.html
Contributor to the Social Science Research Council digital forum on the Occupy movement. October 2011–2012. Available at http://www.possible-futures.org/2011/12/20/built-for-battle/
White, K. (2009, July 2). What men should learn from Michelle. Chronicle of Higher Education, Brainstorm Blog.
PROFESSIONAL TV, FILM, RADIO, AND APP PRODUCTION
Bald As I Am (short documentary film, in production), Producer, Videographer - Short documentary on a Black woman’s struggle with alopecia, in collaboraton with Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. at the Annenberg School for Communication at the Universityof Pennsylvania
“The Ring” Uncivil podcast, Guest host, November 2018
Wake Up with WURD (radio show), WURD, Guest Co-Host, August 25, 2015
“Future Women” (short feature film, 2015), Producer - Screened at Chicago Ethnographic Film Festival (October 2015, won Best Cinematography, Documentary); University of Chicago Arts + Public Life initiative; University of Chicago Arts, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Popular Culture
The Manwell Glenn Show (radio show), WURD, Consulting Correspondent, 2011 - Reported on Occupy Wall Street movement and answered live on-air audience questions
Rastas, Roots, and Reparations (full feature documentary film, 2010), Production Associate
White House, Intern, 2010 - Created women of color working group offering career advice and professional skills training - Prepared interview documents for senior Obama administration officials - Monitored media and produced regular summaries - Provided support to interview crews on set - Recorded interviews with major television networks such as ABC, CNN, CBS - Attended filmed interviews with President Barack Obama, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Senior Advisors Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod
People’s Voices of Pride (short feature film, 2009), Producer
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- Aired on PBS/WHYY in Philadelphia, 2009
Project Basho (short feature film, 2009), Producer - Aired on PBS/WHYY in Philadelphia, 2009
PBS/WHYY, Freelance Producer, 2008–2010
CNN, Runner/Videographer, St. Paul, MN, 2008 - Conducted interviews at the 2008 Republican National Convention - Wrote and reported for CNN.com - Provided support to producers and implemented logistics - Moderated website
Talk Radio News Service, Videographer, Denver, CO, 2008 - Filmed live national radio broadcasts at the 2008 Democratic National Convention - Conducted interviews with Spike Lee, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Al Sharpton, Christine Pelosi, Governor Bill Richardson, Congressman Elijah Cummings, Charlie Rose, and Michael Eric Dyson
Critical Condition (documentary film, 2008), Production Associate - Screened at Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose, CA, 2008); Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival (Houston, TX, 2008, won Gold Remi Award); New Jersey International Film Festival (Rutgers University, NJ, 2008, won Honorable Mention); Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (New York, NY, 2008); Philafilm: International Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA, 2008, won Leigh Whipper Gold Award for Best Documentary)
Sights, Sounds and Struggles of Senegal (documentary film, 2008), Videographer - Aired on CW-11 Morning News in New York, 2008
The Algebra Project (TV news magazine, 2007), Producer - Aired nationally on Now on PBS, 2007
Military Sexual Trauma (TV news magazine, 2007), Associate Producer - Aired nationally on Now on PBS, 2007
Pay Day (TV news magazine, 2007), Producer - Aired nationally on Now on PBS, 2007
Vaccine Debate (TV news magazine, 2007), Associate Producer - Aired nationally on Now on PBS, 2007
The Charlie Rose Show, PBS, Camera Assistant, New York, NY, 2006
Hurricane Katrina: Still in Harm’s Way (TV news magazine, 2006), Associate Producer - Aired nationally on Now on PBS, 2006
Payment Due (TV news magazine, 2006), Production Associate - Aired nationally on Now on PBS, 2006 White, June 2020 | 9
- Emmy Nomination, 2006
Voting Rights (TV news magazine, 2006), Field Producer - Aired nationally on Now on PBS, 2006
NOW on PBS (formerly NOW with Bill Moyers), PBS, Producer, Field Producer, Associate Producer, Web Producer, Web Writer, and Camera, New York, NY, 2005–2007 - Pitched stories and provided research to senior management - Wrote and edited scripts - Located, screened, and selected interview subjects - Directed camera crews, scouted interview locations, and organized logistics - Conducted and filmed interviews - Organized, acquired, and maintained footage archive for each show - Wrote and published essay for online audience describing on-the-ground experiences while producing in the field - Ensured all exclusivity agreements, permissions, and clearances
PBS, POV, Production Intern, New York, NY, 2005 - Conducted background research for Academy Award-winning documentary film company - Created promotional and educational materials, located characters for film, and logged video
Activist Mapping Project (Android-based mobile app), Philadelphia, PA, 2014
PRESENTATIONS
Keynote Lectures and Plenary Addresses
Keynote Lecture. (2019, May 17) Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association Conference. Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA
Keynote Lecture. “Survival in an Age of Misinformation” (2018, June 1). NJ Atlantic City, NJ.
Hope In the Age of Trump. (2017, May 12). Invited plenary address, Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA.
Other Invited Lectures & Panels Ethics and the Academy (2020, September 2) Invited speaker for graduate course, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Race, News, and Branding the Right-Wing – The Tea Party and the Media (2019, October 4) Invited Keynote Lecture for the Mary Junck Research Colloquium Speaker Series lecture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.
News on the Right (2019, October 17) Invited Lecture, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University, NY.
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Right-Wing Populism and Media (2019, November 14) Invited Panelist, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA.
Fragile Democracies in a Post-Truth Era (2019, October 24) Invited Panelist and Lecture, Distinguished Lecture Series, Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ.
Invited Presentation: News, Media, and Activism (2019, July 17) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -- Journalism and Media. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL..
Public Writing: Forms, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Humanities (2019, March 29) Invited Presentation and Panelist, Humanities and Arts Research Forum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Branding, Race, and the Rise of the Tea Party (2019, February 21). Invited Lecture, Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Race, Gender and Politics in Media (2018, October 26) Temple Sha’Arey Shalom, Springfield, NJ.
Social Justice and Politics. (2018, April 17). Invited Lecture, St. John’s University, New York, NY.
Race, News and Populism. (2018, April 4). Invited Lecture, Western Kentucky University Center for Citizenship and Social Justice, Bowling Green, KY.
Race, News, Branding, and the Tea Party. (2018, February 21). Invited Lecture, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA.
Race and Privilege. (2017, May 10). Panelist, Community Coalition on Race, Maplewood, NJ.
Social Movements Hybridity and Strategies. (2016, March 14). Panelist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
The Oscars and Race. (2016, February 10). Panelist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Activism and Academia: When Scholars Study Social Movements. (2015, May 30). The Left Forum, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, New York, NY.
Discussions on Prejudice, Privilege, and Policing in a post-Ferguson Society. (2015, April 17). School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Missing White Women, Missing America. (2015, April 10). Invited Lecture, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
#BLACKLIVESMATTER: A faculty roundtable on police violence against African Americans and community responses. (2015, February 20). Panelist, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
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Minority Journalists. (2014, December 9). Guest speaker, Rutgers chapter of Journalists for Human Rights, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Post-network era television representations of black womanhood from the viewpoint of content creators and viewers. (2014, November). Respondent at the National Communication Association conference, Chicago, IL.
Race and Media. (2014, November 11). Guest lecturer for Professor Rebecca Reynolds’s Technology and Society class, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Research on White Women in American News Coverage. (2014, October 17). Panelist, Race and Media Conference, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI.
The Liberal Arts Toolbox. (2014, October 4). Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.
Reading the Tea Leaves: The News About the News. (2014, February 13). Invited Lecture, Media Technology and Society Speaker Series, Northwestern University, Chicago IL.
Race, Ethnicity, and Social Media. (2013, October 29). Panelist, Center for Race and Ethnicity, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
More Than Dreaming. (2013, August 26). Speech, March on Washington Commemoration, Philadelphia, PA.
Race and Politics. (2010, May 12). Guest speaker at the Pants on the Ground Film Festival, Maplewood, NJ.
Conference Presentations
Co-Organizer, #CommunicationSoWhite Preconference (2019, May). Co-organized and moderated panels for pre-conference on whiteness, race, and the discipline of communication and media studies for the International Communication Association conference in Washington, D.C.
“Drinking is for Boys with Cheap Purses: Black Fatherhood and Queerness in House of Lies (2019, May). Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference, Washington, DC.
Advancing Voicing: Agency, Collectivities, and Potentialities of Engaging Complex Problems Amidst Deep Mediatization (2018, May). Paper Presented as a respondent at the International Communication Association Conference., Prague, Czech Republic.
The Case of “Misguided”“Thugs”. (2017, August ). Paper presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, Chicago, IL.
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Anger, News, and the Tea Party Brand. (2017, May). Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference, San Diego, CA.
Who killed Freddie Gray?: The video that started it all. (2016, June ). Paper presented at the Cultural Studies Association conference, Villanova University, Villanova, PA.
Black girls shan’t: Contours of respectability in reality TV. (2015, November ). Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Las Vegas, NV.
“Television History, the Peabody Archives, and Cultural Memory.” (2015, November). Preliminary Convening and Screening -- Invited participation and presentation in the two-year Peabody Awards Archive research and conference on television history and conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Boiling over: Race, post-race and post-isms in Tea Party news. (2015, September 25). Paper presented at the Race and Media Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Reading the tea leaves: The news about the news. (2015, May 25). Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference, , San Juan, PR.
For their own safety: Policing white women. (2015, May 23). Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference, , San Juan, PR.
Stuart Hall preconference. (2015, May 21). Discussant at the International Communication Association conference, San Juan, PR.
Backlash and fandom: Beyoncé the feminist. (2014, May). Paper presented at the Cultural Studies Association conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
Missing white women, missing America. (2014, March). Paper presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, Seattle, WA.
Roundtable on race and gender. (2013, November). Participant at the National Communication Association conference, Washington, DC.
Her cup of tea: Tea Party women in the news media. (2013, August). Paper presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication conference,Washington, DC.
Tea Party branding through race and identity. (2013, February). Paper presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, Chicago, IL.
Challenging notions: Citizen journalists and the making of the Tea Party. (2012, June). Paper presented at the International Conference on Journalism Studies, University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Tea’d off: Race and media in the rise of the Tea Party. (2011, November). Paper presented at the White, June 2020 | 13
National Communication Association conference, New Orleans, LA.
Tea’d off: Media and the rise of the twenty-first century Tea Party. (2011, July). Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research conference, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Redeeming black women on the silver screen. (2011, March). Paper presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, New Orleans, LA.
Oceanic negroes: Communicating blackness down, out, and under. (2011, May). Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference, Boston, MA.
BangClash: Belongingness and the Harlem drummers. (2011, April). Paper presented at the Race and Space Symposium, hosted by the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA.
Michelle Obama: Redefining the (White) House-wife. (2010, June). Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference, Singapore.
Black down under: Black Aboriginal identity in Australia. (2010, February). Paper presented at the Black History Month Symposium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
An Africana studies movement?: Black becoming Africana. (2009, March). Paper presented at the National Council for Black Studies conference, Atlanta, GA.
A marriage of convenience: Black becoming Africana. (2008, April 12). Paper presented at the AYA African American Studies conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Television and Radio Appearances (selected)
NB New York (television news show). (2020, August). White, K (interviewee) Discussion on Black advertising and diversity.
All of it on WNYC. (radio show) (2020, June). Stewart, A. (host) & White, K. (interviewee). Discussion on Biden’s “Veepstakes” for who he would select as Vice-Presidential nominee.https://www.wnyc.org/story/who-will-win-veepstakes
KMBZ- FM (radio show) (2020, June) Grayson, J. (host) &White, K. (interviewee) Discussion on Law and Order SVU and portrayals of police violence.
Wake Up with WURD (radio show) (2019, December) Nichols, K. (host) &White, K. (interviewee) Discussion on Trump administration cutting aid for poverty-stricken Americans.
NowThis podcast (radio show) (2019, December 12) Available at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-fox- news/id1481265576?i=1000459836715
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All of it on WNYC. (radio show) (2018, December). Stewart, A. (host) & White, K. (interviewee), Discussion on 5-year anniversary of Lean In.
The Lounge on WURD Radio. (radio show) (2018, December 3). Nichols, K. (host) & White, K. (interviewee) Discussion on News and Coverage of Police Killings.
The Lounge on WURD Radio. (2018, November 12). Nichols, K. (host) & White, K. (interviewee) Discussion on News and Trump.
Grassroots Collective (radio show) Barbara Velasquez White, K. (interviewee). (2018, October 11). 95.9 FM (radio and podcast)
CBS New York (television news show). (2018, January 24). Baker, M. (correspondent) & White, K. (interviewee) Amazon Shoppers Shocked by Clothing Line with “Offensive” Saying, Available at https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/24/amazon-offensive-clothing/
The Leonard Lopate Show (radio show). (2017. January 10). Lopate, L. (host), Arun Venugopal (guest host), White, K (Interviewee with other guests) How Artists are Mobilizing Against Trump.. Available at https://www.wnyc.org/story/the-leonard-lopate-show-2017-01-10/
Wake up with WURD (radio show). (2016, December 9). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). How Trump’s election will affect Black women.
Wake up with WURD (radio show). (2016, November 11). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). Black women and the 2016 Presidential Election.
Wake up with WURD (radio show). (2016, March 7). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). Hillary Clinton and the black women vote.
Wake Up With WURD (radio show). (2016, February 9). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). Media backlash to Beyoncé video “Formation.”
Wake Up With WURD (radio show). (2015, December 23). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). Sandra Bland and lack of grand jury charges for her death.
Wake Up With WURD (radio show). (2015, October 9). (Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). The cultural implications of Meryl Streep wearing a rebel/slave t-shirt for her new film.
All Things Considered (radio show). (2015, June 16). Cornish, A. (interviewer), & White, K. (interviewee). Rachel Dolezal’s story sparks questions about “how people experience race.” Available at http://www.npr.org/2015/06/16/414985754/rachel-dolezals-story-sparks- questions-about-how-people-experience-race
Vice News. (2015, June 11). Mojica, J. (host), White, K. (interviewee). La Vorgna, M. (interviewee), Zurawik, D. (interviewee), & Love, D. (interviewee). Emphasis added: Baltimore and the death of Freddie Gray. Available at https://news.vice.com/video/emphasis-added- baltimore-and-the-death-of-freddie-gray White, June 2020 | 15
Wake Up With WURD (radio show). (2014, December 8). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). The UVA rape story in Rolling Stone.
Wake up with WURD (radio show). (2014, November 14). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). The cultural politics of Kim Kardashian and the exploitation of Black women images.
Take Two (radio show). (2014, September 16). Cohen, A. (host), Martínez, A. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). Adrian Peterson arrest draws debate across racial, cultural, ideological lines. Available at http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/09/16/39380/adrian-peterson- arrest-draws-debate-across-racial
NPR’s Here and Now (radio show). (2014, September 15). Young, R. (host), Hobson (host), & White, K. (interviewee). A call to reject corporal punishment as part of black culture. Available at http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/09/15/discipline-black-culture
Wake Up With WURD (radio show). (2014, January 6). Solomon, J. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). The news media’s exclusion of Shaneka Nicole Thompson in reporting on the shooting spree of Ismaiyl Brinsley, who also shot two NYPD officers.
The Katie Couric Show (TV show). (2013, October 1). Couric, K. (host), & White, K. (interviewee). How to talk to your kids about race.
Online/Print Interviews and Online/Print Media Coverage (selected)
Star Ledger/NJ.com. (2020, June 13). Kuperinsky, D. Thin blue line’ flag removed from N.J. town. Interviewed in story. Available at: https://www.nj.com/news/2020/06/thin-blue- line-flag-removed-from-nj-town-now-residents-want-blue-line-off-the-street.html
The Inlander. (2018, February 15). Nailen, D. Exploring how savvy politicians and complicit media fueled Trump and the Tea Party. Interview. Available at: https://www.inlander.com/spokane/exploring-how-savvy-politicians-and-complicit-media- fueled-trump-and-the-tea-party/Content?oid=8135452
La Presse. (2017, November 17) Hetu, R. The post-Weinstein era does not Spare Bill Clinton. Quoted in article. Available at: http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/9857d914-e266-4402-8c64- d9a13987a56c%7C_0.html?utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Internal+Share&utm_co ntent=Screen
Vox. (2017, January 29). Desmond-Harris, K. Two experts decode Trump’s comments on crime and “the Feds.” Quoted in article. Available at https://www.vox.com/2017/1/29/14416026/donald-trump-race-crime-chicago-tweets- feds-dog-whistle-politics
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Daily Targum. (2016, March 1). C. Montoya-Galvez. Rutgers community addresses death of journalist Acel Moore. Quoted in article. Available at http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2016/03/rutgers-community-addresses-death-of- journalist-acel-moore
Musiqology (2016, February 26). Vilanova, J. A roundtable on race and the Oscars.. Panel speaker. Available at http://musiqology.com/blog/2016/02/26/listen-a-roundtable-on-race-and-the- oscars
Rutgers Today. (2016, February 18). Excluding African Americans from the Oscars. Interview. Available at http://news.rutgers.edu/qa/excluding-african-americans- oscars/20160217#.V0xmPZMrKCT
BBC. (2016, January 15). Barford, V. Is the word ‘ghetto’ racist?” Quoted in article. Available at http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35296993
NJ.com. (2015, November 19). . Darragh, T. Social media fuels protests at Princeton, other colleges, experts say. Quoted in article. Available at http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/11/social_media_fuels_protests_at_princeton_ other_col.html
Antenna. (2015, September 21). Antenna Editors. Roundtable on The Carmichael Show.. Interview. Available at http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2015/09/21/roundtable-on-the-carmichael- show
Essence. (2015, June 15). Lewis, T. Is ‘transracial’ identity real?: 11 opinions that will leave you thinking. Quoted in article. Available at http://www.essence.com/2015/06/15/rachel- dolezal-transracial-identity-opinions
San Jose Mercury News. (2015, May 21). Quinn, M. The ugly side of the Internet rears its head. Quoted in article. Available at http://www.mercurynews.com/michelle-quinn/ci_28164873/quinn- ugly-internet-rears-its-head
Atlanta Journal Constitution. (2015, May 20). Suggs, E. Racist slurs infiltrate Obama Twitter account, Google Maps. Quoted in article. Available at http://www.ajc.com/news/news/racist-slurs- infiltrate-obama-twitter-account-goog/nmLC3
Rutgers Today. (2015, February 19). Academy Awards’ media coverage focuses on lack of diversity.
Interview. Available at http://news.rutgers.edu/qa/academy-awards-media-coverage-focuses-lack- diversity/20150218#.V0xpQpMrKCS
Rutgers Today. (2015, February 2). Why Black History Month matters. Rutgers Today. Interview. Available at http://news.rutgers.edu/qa/why-black-history-month- matters/20150201#.V0xpPpMrKCS
Vox. (2015, January 14). Desmond-Harris, J. Twitter forced the world to pay attention to Ferguson: It won’t last. Quoted in article. Available at White, June 2020 | 17
http://www.vox.com/2015/1/14/7539649/ferguson-protests-twitter
The Root. (2013, July 17). White and black kids: Different Trayvon talks. The Root. Quoted in article. Available at https://www.theroot.com/white-and-black-kids-different-trayvon-talks- 1790897341
Dynamo. (2012, March 28). “Don’t like my status, do something about it!”: An interview with Khadijah White on social media activism.. Interview.
TEACHING
Graduate Advising
Advising Hessa Al-Mohannadi on PhD qualifying exams and dissertation Advised Saket Hedge (who worked under the supervision of Dr. Vivek Singh) on master’s thesis
Dissertation Committee Membership
Joseanne Cudjoe, defended 2020 Steve Voorhees, defended 2020 Yu Zhang, defended 2016 Jeffrey Dowd (Department of Sociology), defended 2014
Qualifying Exams Committee Member
Christoph Mergerson Steve Voorhees Debra Glassco
Undergraduate Independent Study Director
Yvanna Saint-Fort
Courses taught
(Mis)representations: Race, Media and Politics (developed PhD graduate seminar course), Rutgers University, 2 semesters taught.
Documentary and Video Storytelling (developed new undergraduate seminar course type), Rutgers University, 2 semesters taught.
Gender, Race, and Class in Media, (undergraduate course), Rutgers University, 5 semesters taught. White, June 2020 | 18
Critical Analysis of the News (redesigned undergraduate course), Rutgers University, 1 semester taught.
Public Speaking (undergraduate course), Drexel University, 1 quarter taught.
Mass Media and Society (undergraduate course), Drexel University, 3 quarters taught.
Capstone Course on Strategic Media Outreach and Communication (graduate course), University of Pennsylvania, 2 semesters co-taught.
American Racism and Social Work Practice (graduate course), University of Pennsylvania, 3 semesters taught.
Understanding Social Change (graduate course), University of Pennsylvania, 3 semesters taught.
SERVICE
Profession
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Anti-Racism, Equity, and Diversity Task Force Member, February 2019 to present
Panel on Teaching for graduate students, UPenn Annenberg, October 2017.
Journal ad hoc reviewer Critical Studies in Mass Communication; Cultural Studies; Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism; Journal of Communication; Platform: Journal of Media and Communication; Television and New Media; Feminist Media Studies
Professional association reviewer International Communication Association, Pop Culture and Feminist Scholarship Divisions
Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division, International Communication Association, Board Member, 2011–2013
Contributor, The Academic Job Search Handbook, 5th Ed. (2016), University of Pennsylvania Press.
Rutgers University
Founder and Co-Lead, Working Group on Communication and (Mis)Information, the Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness(CCRP2) and the Institute for Qualitative Biology, April 2020 to present.
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Faculty Women of Color -Common Interest Group Steering Committee, Founding Member – Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rutgers University, Spring 2018 to present.
Steering committee for Institute for Women’s Leadership 2017 Conference on Media, Gender and Politics, Spring 2016 to present.
New Brunswick Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant Grievance Process committee, Alternate Member, Rutgers University, 2015–2016.
Rutgers Student Chapter of National Association of Black Journalists, Faculty Advisor, Fall 2014 – Spring 2016.
Teach-In at Center for Race and Ethnicity, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Organizer and Panelist, Rutgers University, November 18, 2015.
General advising to graduate students from School of Communication and Information, Rutgers Sociology Department, and University of Texas at Austin, 2013–2014.
School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University
Black History Month Advisory committee, 2019.
Diversity committee, 2019 – present.
Rules and procedures ommittee, 2015 – 2017.
Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University
Rules and Procedures committee, 2015–2016.
Journalism and Media Studies Department End of the Year Showcase, Organizer, Rutgers University, 2016, 2018, 2019.
Community (selected)
The Central Park Five – Screening and Panel, Maplewood, NJ, February 2019 (organized film screen and panel; moderated panel and after-film discussion among panelists, which included documentary filmmaker and one of the Central Park Five (Kevin Richardson)).
Maplewood Community Police Board – Organizer and Founding charter member for only suburban police board in New Jersey, Maplewood, NJ, April, 2018.
Board of Education Scorecard on Race and Equity, Maplewood, NJ, October, 2018, 2018, 2019 White, June 2020 | 20
Trayvon Martin Birthday Party – February 2018.
James Baldwin: I am Not Your Negro – Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker, Maplewood, NJ, February 2018.
South Orange Maplewood Community Coalition on Race, Film Festival, Film discussant, South Orange, NJ, September 2016.
Founder and Director: SOMA Justice, community non-profit focused on addressing local issues of race and inequality in South Orange/Maplewood, July 2016.
Committee for Books and Breakfast, Member and Organizer, Newark, NJ, 2013.
Vigil for Trayvon Martin, Organizer, Philadelphia, PA, July 2013.
Fontaine Society Coordinating Committee, Chair, University of Pennsylvania, 2009–2011.
Dare to Soar Mentoring and Saturday Program, Founder, Swarthmore College, 2001–2004.
Advisory Boards
MacArthur Foundation in Journalism and Media (2016).
Family Story (2013-2015).
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING
Consultant for Florentine Films (A Ken Burns film production company), July 2014 to present. - Advise and provide feedback on films directed by Ken Burns - Muhammad Ali (forthcoming) - East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (documentary film, 2020) - Jackie Robinson (documentary film, 2016)
Consultant for Krasner for District Attorney Campaign, February 2017.
Consultant for Reuters leadership on diversity in journalism and recruitment, March 2015.